The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-24
COFFEEVILLE, MISS.
An HuterestiBg Budget Of News
Gaahered by the Appeals Spec
fal Correspondents
soonnEspoxDxScE OF TIE ArrHAL.l

tOOnnHHpONDENCh OF ATThAL't
OwFEEvrLLB MISS June % Farm
Ing Ia ON the wane in Yalobusha
county, and stock raising ia rapidly
taking Its place. For years the cotton
planters have struggled with the
Aeecy staple and have hardly been
compensated for their labor, and now
| that new industry has sprung mp, 1t
| via be eagerly embraced. More or
leB cotton viii always be raised, as
the negro laborer must be provided
with work, and Rs he knows nothing
except "raisin' cotton" that staple
| will be fixture with us as long as
| the cdored man remains.
The protracted meeting which wss
! carried on at the Baptist church
during last wesk under the able man
a0ement Of the Raw. W. l. Hargis, as.
| sisted by the Rev, ], G. Kilgore, closed
on Friday last.
The citizens Of Coffeeville, together
with those Of Water Valley and Tor
rance, epent last Thursday at Round
Lake, near Scoona river. The occa-
sion was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present. Among the most prominent
visitors on the grounds were Messrs:
I. B. Heron, member OF the firm oil
Fly, Heron 4 Hobson, OF Memphis
w. O. Shackeliord, ca hier OF the Bank
Of Water Valley; g ID. Brown, eoito'
OF the Water Valley Progress, and T.
. II, d. Vanhocxsn, ]. L. Laycock, DR.
Jones and Capt. r. W. Jones, OF Tor
rance.
=. Several deaths from fax have oc
: CURED In the northwest portion o
= this county, and many in that neigh
a borhood are in critical condition
J. from the same disease.
DIR. w. O. Persons, who has beer
d conflnei 10 his bed for the past eigh
L months, left last week, accompanied
J. by his family, for Tennessee. 1t !
q earnestly hoped that q change OF at
9 moepheTe viii hasten his recovery.
n The Board Of Supervisors met her
Monday, but as little business was be
J. fore them adjourned at noon.
10 A difficulty occurred in Old Tow
70 last Saturday night between negr
r. man and his wife, In which the latte
IL was severely beaten. Several othe
or negroes we're drawn into the fray, an
10 Il WAC some time before Marshs
Ohapuia could quell the disturbance
Tho parties converted during To
prolrac cd meeting last week wer
baptized In Lake Emma on Thursday
X. Mr.. W. A. Roane, a talented lawYe
v, OF Oxford, Miss, spent one day
town last week.
Mr.. Walter Spearman and Mil
10 Luna Kennedy, Of Air Mount, Miss
~ were married on the 10th instan
The happy couple have the heart
congratulations Of host Of friends.
49, The prospects Of Mississippi loo
'p' brighter than ever before, and Will
on few chronic grumblers are to b
~ found, the majority OF the people al
Satisfied that the hand OF prosperit
las has at last been extended TO our Stat,
OF Both cotton and corn crops are Il
Ity better than usual, and while Ii is tIu
he that = portion OF these crops was d,
eli stroyed by the hail storm which sweI
across North Mississippi in the latt'
gsl part OF May, 10 is also true that irol
he that which was unipjured Mississippi
In will raise more cotton and corn tha
N. for many years past. Farmers through
en- out the country present cheerful an
1al contented appearance, which Is o
counted for when We take into col
~. sideration the fact that they not on
10 have good crops, but that new indu
IA tries are now constantly sprinRing q
"a among them, and they no longer hay
al 10 depend upon cotton for an exis
az ence. JUNIUs.